A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged world governments to ratify a key international instrument that allows individuals and groups who have been denied their economic, social and cultural rights to have their claims reviewed directly by a UN committee of experts.
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For the millions of people facing forced evictions and displacement, access to secure and adequate housing continues to be a challenge. According to the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, it is estimated that more than 18 million people were evicted from their homes between 1998 and 2008
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The Special attended the “Civil Society Policy Forum”, an event part of the “Spring Meeting” promoted by the World Bank, in Washington, participating in discussions about the process of reviewing and updating its safeguard policies.
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Check the communications sent by the Special Rapporteurs, as well as the answers received from the Member States, referring to the second half of 2012.
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Robert Jeferson de Melo e Silva nasceu no Rio de Janeiro em 1983, é solteiro (noivo desde 2011). É Arquiteto e Urbanista pela Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da UFRJ (2006), com especialização em Engenharia Urbana pela Escola Politécnica da UFRJ (2010). Foi congressista e autor de comunicação técnica do 18º Congresso Brasileiro de Transportes e Trânsito da ANTP (Associação Nacional de Transportes Públicos). É funcionário da Light Serviços de Eletricidade S.A. desde 2008 e sócio-titular do IAB-RJ desde 2011. É autor de artigos técnicos e demais artigos livres em portais de internet. Na Igreja Católica, coordena o ministério de música na Paróquia São Cosme e São Damião, no Andaraí, onde é organista e tecladista. Desenvolveu trabalhos em coordenação de grupos e organização de eventos da Pastoral da Juventude do Vicariato Norte.
